Sermons by Mark Gibson
SIGNS OF THE END OF THE AGE (Part 2) – Mark 13:5-13
2 Peter 1:19 says: And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. G. Campbell Morgan said; A text taken out of Context is a pretext. I. Vss. 5-8: Watch and Beware: The word translated “sorrows” means “birth pangs.” “Take heed” means “to be constantly looking for; expecting.” Mark…
ABRAM AND LOT SEPARATE – Genesis 13:1-18
I. Vss. 1-4: Abram Returns From Egypt II. Vss. 5-7: Contention Arises: John 17:20-23: “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given to…
SIGNS OF THE END OF THE AGE (Part 1) – Mark 13:1-4
I. Vss. 1-2: Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple: Ezra 6:15: and this house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. Matthew 23:16: “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ Acts 6:13: and they set up false witnesses who…
ABRAM IN EGYPT – Genesis 12:10-13:4
1 Peter 1:7: So that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. James 1:2-4: Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in…
GIVING FROM THE HEART – Mark 12:41-44
I. Vss. 41-42: Jesus Observes the Widow’s Giving: John 12:20-25: Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a…
GOD’S CALL OF ABRAM – Genesis 12:1-9
I. Vss. 1-3: God’s Previous Covenant With Abram: Acts 7:2-4: And Stephen said: “Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, and said to him, ‘Go out from your land and from your kindred and go into the land that I will show you.’ Then he went out from the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And after his father died, God…
WHOSE SON IS HE – Mark 12:35-40
Mark 12:34: And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions. I. Vss. 35-37: Jesus Asks a Question: Matthew 22:41-42: Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” John 8:24: I…
GOD’S CHOSEN LINE – Genesis 11:10-32
I. Vss. 10-25: From Shem to Terah II. Vss. 26-28: The Family of Terah: Genesis 11:26 is the first mention of Abram. Abram (later changed to Abraham) is mentioned 312 times in 272 verses in the Bible. Joshua 24:2: And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Long ago, your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and they served other gods. The friend of God…
LOVE GOD, LOVE OTHERS – Mark 12:28-34
I. Vss. 28-34: The Greatest Commandment: Matthew 22:34-35: But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. II. Vs. 28: Questioning: The Greatest Commandment: The word first here is “prōtos” means “preeminent, first, greatest, highest in rank.” John 6:44; No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the…
MANS FIRST ATTEMPT OF GLOBALISM – Genesis 11:1-9
A book called “On the Imitation of Christ” written by an Augustine monk that said “Man does what he can, God does what He will.” Proverbs 19:21: Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand. I. Vss. 1-4: Building a Tower of Pride: Genesis 10:8-10: Cush fathered Nimrod (“to rebel”); he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. He was a mighty hunter…